DIY 1176 in the making (pics)

[fresh_oil]

Hey man....looking good.... I just ordered some sca stuff (j99 and N72)....depending on how this project goes, I might make the jump to the DIY 1176.

How much is one DIY 1176 costing you? How many hours are you putting into this project?

[TAVD]

Originally Posted by fresh_oil

How much is one DIY 1176 costing you? How many hours are you putting into this project?

I have about $850 in my dual 1176 (Rev. D). It can be done for more or less, it's up to you. I used NOS transistors, Mallory T-pads, Wima polyprop & Panasonic electrolytic caps, 1% metal resistors, just to give you an idea.

[Marogru]

I oushed about 1500$-1700$ in those 4. I'm soldering together with a friend and I thought it will take us more time, but we stared on thursday free times and now we have all 4, now the hard part, calibration, cases, and all. We are doing step pots and elecronic remote controll for it

any1 knows a good diy n 72?

[dviola]

are you going to be able to fit 2 into a rackmount chassis?

What type of power supply are you using and where are you locating it.

Sorry if these are obvious questions...I'm fairly new to this and very interested in giving it a shot

Thanks

[Marogru]

I'll post pics asap and tell what and where. Yes two of these will fot in 2u casis. Also I'll get more space couse I'm taking all the controls and meters on a separate casis that will be on my desk to comp in sweet spot

For those slutz that will tell me that long cables for the separate casis will degradate audio,... I'll take out only the meter, attack, release. The in and out gain will be adjusted by an electronic system that will be changing pots to chage gain (so there will be electronic remote for analog audio)

[Marogru]

Well, long time no see. But I didn't had time to do it lately.

Anyway...

Here is my first baby of my 1176 twins

[iomegaman]

Nice, I ordered the rev j pcb from the prodigy guru's it will be my first 2009 project keep us posted on how it goes, cool work so far.

[Radioman]

Originally Posted by Marogru

Well, long time no see. But I didn't had time to do it lately.

Anyway...

Here is my first baby of my 1176 twins

I think the second mains transformer could be saved, one transformer should be sufficient for both, and maybe for all the 4 units.

A good Neve pre's clone is the SCA N72 (only pre, no eq).
Sound Skultpture MP73 is very good too, and it use a further gain stage giving you 3 different gain ranges.

[Jidis]

Look great! That remote panel idea is awesome too. You doing wood sides? I'm working on a two channel EQ plus a remote for an EQ plug-in which will both be in such console style (desktop) boxes. Makes a lot more sense to me for knob tweaking, but I'm a DAW head with less stuff in front of me. Can't wait to see the control circuit in there. Had you thought about doing the main guts in anything other than a rack chassis? A brick-like box you could hide under the desk or behind a rack would be pretty cool too.

BTW- I've been into etched aluminum lately and it seems to work out pretty well and isn't too difficult. It can get a nice "vintage" look with glossy black controls. The technique was something I saw someone online doing with stomp boxes. I can try to dig up the tutorial link if it's still around.

Here's some really close up shots of some test etches:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Jidis/pit400.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Jidis/metal.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...hswitch250.jpg

Those were just rough tests, so the speckles and imperfections didn't matter, but they look cool anyway.

Here's a finished etch of the plug control, which has been done for ages but I never decided on a box or made my buttons for it.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Jidis/Panel3.jpg
(there's no black paint in the etched areas yet)

You've got a bunch of options on the surface look too, as the etched area is deep enough that you can sand/polish the surface to whatever texture you like without killing the labels. You can also do different colored paint in the labels. If you include layout markings on the print they also make pretty effective punch points to center drill bits and make your cutouts.

Looking forward to more 1176 pictures!

George

PS- Did you really take six and a half thousand shots in-between those last two?